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February 13, 2008 - MidWeek The Central Waha Nui
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Leilehua High School graduate Kristine Genelli Lee, a recent contestant for the Narcissus Queen crown, looks beyond that pageant into outer space. The Philippines-born beauty is majoring in physics and biology at UH-Manoa and wants to become an astronaut and pioneer/scientist in astrobiology ... For right here on planet Earth, the Honolulu Fire Department brings us its tip of the month: Seconds count. Make sure your house number is clear, visible and in a prominent place for first-responders ... Some actresses have all the fun - and all in one month.
Mililani’s award-winning Thespian Jo Pruden has jumped out of her nun’s habit (for her lead role in Manoa Valley Theatre’s drama Doubt, which closed Feb. 3), so she can prepare for an encore performance of Aging Is Not for Sissies (no doubts there!)
It plays this Saturday and Sunday at HPU’s Windward theater in Kaneohe (376-1282) ... Staying fit off the stage, Mililani resident John Hamakawa won two free rounds of golf at Ko Olina in the club’s monthly drawing ... Jill Bona, Mililani born and raised, has been promoted to senior account executive for the Bennet Group Strategic Communications. Jill has a UH journalism degree and previously worked as a producer for KHNL News. Her clients include Verizon Wireless, D.R. Horton - Schuler Division, Finance Factors and MADD-Hawaii ...
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An Army wife and newcomer to Hawaii’s Army Community Theatre, Shanan Ashlee Colvin of Wahiawa won the title role in ACT’s Aida, opening Feb. 28 at Ft. Shafter’s Richardson Theatre (438-4480). Shanan earned her music degree from the University of Texas at Austin ... Punahou may have prevailed in the 2008 Hawaii Science Bowl, but Hanalani Schools came in fourth among 24 schools in the highly competitive event last month at Honolulu Community College ...
Speaking of Hanalani, senior Richard Eldridge is U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye‘s competitive alternate choice for the Air Force Academy. The senator (also known as Fiance Danny) also announced that his second and third principal nominees for the academy are Leilehua graduates Catherine Kiyota and Michelle Kiyota. Both are currently in the USAF Prep School ... Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono has hired John White of Mililani Mauka to be her chief of staff, coordinating both her Washington, D.C., and Hawaii operations. John has a degree in political science from the University of Arkansas.
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He previously worked for City Councilman Duke Bainum and was executive director of the Atherton YMCA ... Speaking of Mililani Mauka, another resident knows how to keep from being homesick on the East Coast. Lorette Ables Sayre is in Manhattan preparing for her role as Bloody Mary in South Pacific, which opens April 1 on Broadway. And she’s reportedly brought a bit of Hawaii with her - lush tropical plants from her back yard ...
Things are also blooming at Mililani Library. A statewide staffing shortage is bad enough, says branch manager Wendy Woodstrup, but she’s had two librarians go out on maternity leave at different times. “We’re as busy as ever,” she says. “I saw a woman visitor on the beach, and I tried to recruit her!” (Maybe she should try the men instead) ... Congratulations to Wheeler and Waialua elementary schools. Both were deemed “outstanding” in the Hawaii Distinguished Schools program for 2007-2008
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